Title: Beauty Behind the Beast

Summary: Loosely based on the movie Beastly. Watch as Draco Malfoy finds true love amid the ironies and the ugliness surrounding his life.

Disclaimer: All characters mentioned are owned by J.K. Rowling.

Chapter 1: Mean-streak

"Why Draco? Why? Don't you love me anymore?" Pansy Parkinson whined as she trailed behind the blond boy in a desperate attempt to make sense of his sudden decision for a break-up.

"Stupid girl. I never really did love you. You were just a good fu*k." Draco Malfoy said as he continued to arrogantly strut his way to the Great Hall.

"WHAAAATTT! B-but…But" Pansy screeched, attracting the attention of students walking through the corridor.

"But nothing Parkinson. You heard what I said. YOU. ARE. NOTHING. Stop making a fool of yourself." With one final once-over and a smirk, Malfoy left the distraught -looking girl in the middle of the corridor without so much as a second glance.

"You will pay for this Malfoy. I swear you will regret ever doing this to me." Pansy bitterly whispered to herself, determined to make his life miserable.

Ginny Weasley was running late for her Transfiguration class. She silently cursed herself for being careless with the time: she woke up 30 minutes late; therefore missing breakfast. In her haste, she forgot her parchments and quills so she had to rush back to her dormitory to retrieve them. Suffice to say, Ginny was not having a great start to the morning.

"Ow!" Ginny yelped when she felt her shoulder colliding hard with someone's chest. She could have lost her balance if not for the strong arm that managed to wrap its way around her waist. She looked up only to find herself face to face with the ever-so infamous Draco Malfoy.

Draco Malfoy. She thought. The person everybody loves to hate or hates to love? With his personality, it's hard to really tell, but I'm willing to bet girls would kill to be in my situation right now. She continued on. Who wouldn't? It's every girl's dream to be this close to him. He's extremely handsome, popular, rich and intelligent...Merlin! He has beautiful grey eyes…

Ginny was broken out of her reverie when a sound of a flash from a camera clicked out of nowhere. Both looked for who or where it was only to discover Colin Creevey before them, camera in hand and looking quite amused by what he was seeing. Draco glared at him, which caused the former to scamper away. Draco would've caused some serious damage had it not been for a male's booming voice calling him from a distance.

"Draco, we're almost late!" The boy said.

"Do watch where you're going next time Weasley!" Malfoy drawled then hastily released her.

"S-sorry." Ginny stammered, but her apology fell on deaf ears. He smirked then walked towards his friend.

For the second time that day, Draco Malfoy thoughtlessly left a girl hanging.